Updating a Field in Contacts - multiple records

Updating a Field in Contacts - multiple records

Hi
I need to update the data in the Description Field across multiple Contacts (over 100) in Zoho CRM
 How do I do this as a mass update?      (there are too many to do individually)
I have tried exporting the contacts to Excel, updating, then importing back into Zoho CRM - but Zoho CRM will only let me add them as new Contacts - it won't let me tick the "Update Existing Contacts" option
Could you please advise on how to do this?
Thanks
Ross